Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Answers below: BT wrote: > Voigtlander SM-BM adapters vary in price from about US$25 - US$75 depending > on where one buys them? For the same reason a 1/2 litre bottle of Coke costs 3 CHF in a kiosk and 1.20 CHF in the supermarket -- different retailers have different pricing policies, that's all. > Subset of previous question - Why a worn Leica SM-BM adapter sells for > more than a new Voigtlander? Collectors? > Why "rare" M-mount "lens couplers" (to allow mounting two lenses back to > back) sell for US$50, when you can make one out of two old rear caps and > some epoxy? I have never paid this much for a lens coupler, although I do agree that the gluing together of two rear caps provides a better solution, since it allows you to join together any two lenses, while the official coupler will not let you join, say, a 24mm Elmarit with a 35mm Summilux. Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/